RCW 8.20.160
Three-year occupancy—Condemnation avoids ouster.
No corporation which shall have been or shall be in possession of property put to public use for three or more years, and while continuing to put such property to public use shall be ousted therefrom or prevented from continuing such use if prior to the entry of any judgment of ouster it shall institute condemnation proceedings to acquire such property for public use, and shall thereafter prosecute the same in good faith and pay any compensation awarded therein.
[ 1927 c 219 § 2; RRS § 921-2.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 8.20 - Eminent Domain by Corporations.
8.20.005 - Condemnation final actions—Notice requirements.
8.20.010 - Petition for appropriation—Contents.
8.20.020 - Notice—Contents—Service—Publication.
8.20.060 - Adjournment of proceedings—Further notice.
8.20.070 - Adjudication of public use or private way of necessity.
8.20.080 - Trial, how conducted.
8.20.090 - Judgment—Decree of appropriation—Recording.
8.20.100 - Payment of damages—Effect—Appellate review.
8.20.110 - Claimants, payment of—Conflicting claims.
8.20.130 - Prosecution of work pending appeal—Bond.
8.20.140 - Appropriation of railway right-of-way through canyon, pass, or defile.
8.20.150 - Prior entry with consent—Condemnation avoids ouster.
8.20.160 - Three-year occupancy—Condemnation avoids ouster.
8.20.170 - Suit for compensation by owner equivalent to condemnation.